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Current Events Questions:                  

  • can come from any news event within 3 months of the competition date.
  • are based on significant political, economic, social, or cultural phenomena as reported in USA Today multimedia sources.
  • are structured so that one answer fits, although synonyms may be allowed by judges.

Sample Questions: note that none of these will be used in actual future competition as current events questions since they will be outdated

Current Events Question Sample Question to be answered within 5 seconds of recognition by the moderator Correct Answer

1

 Every business has been hurt by the recession, but one national organization stunned the country by reporting 19% fewer advance sales for their cookies.  What is the organization for girls? Girl Scouts of America

2

 Several businesses are considered recession-proof.  As home budgets tighten, there is 20% growth in this industry, caused by people growing their own foods to cut grocery expenses. What is the industry? seed companies

3

 Citing travel delays and costs, several teams in baseball moved their spring training camps to what city and state for 2009? Phoenix, Arizona

4

 The IRS always has a busy spring but this year is especially frantic as the IRS sues a Swiss bank for information so the IRS can collect more than one hundred billion dollars in unpaid taxes.  Name the Swiss bank. UBS

5

 Fresh from surgical rehab, Tiger Woods appeared on the gold links.  What event was his first for 2009? WGC Accenture Match Play Championship

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